blo.gs acquired by Yahoo!

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Photo sharing social software service
Flickr acquired by Yahoo

Photo sharing social software service
Flickr acquired by Yahoo 03/22/2005 04:56 PM

Flickr , a popular web site for publishing and sharing digital photographs, was purchased by Yahoo .

This represents a connection between the worlds of search and social software, recalling Google's purchase of popular blog service Blogger in 2003. Additionally, Flickr is well-known for pioneering user-generated metadata, or folksonomy , which may be significant for the larger world of Web search.

Guangzhou 3G Acquired

Guangzhou 3G Acquired 03/30/2005 09:24 PM
3G Mar 30 2005 11:22PM GMT

mp3.com Acquired by CNet

mp3.com Acquired by CNet 11/14/2003 09:09 AM

CNET acquired MP3.com

CNET acquired MP3.com 11/14/2003 08:05 AM

GoToast Acquired by aQuantive Inc.

GoToast Acquired by aQuantive Inc. 12/15/2003 11:42 AM
GoToast - one the largest SEM services providers on the net...

myITforum Acquired by TechTarget

myITforum Acquired by TechTarget 04/29/2004 05:53 PM

Public Domain Acquired

Public Domain Acquired 04/09/2004 03:54 PM
Breaking news: "In a move shocking to all, Duke University, of Durham, North Carolina, purchased the entirety of the public domain late last evening for a fee of 2.2 trillion dollars . . ." (Full story)

Marketleap Acquired By DigitalImpact

Marketleap Acquired By DigitalImpact 07/12/2004 03:58 PM
"Digital Impact, Inc. (NASDAQ: DIGI), a leading provider of integrated digital marketing solutions for Global 2000 enterprises, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Marketleap, a San Francisco-based Internet marketing firm specializing in search engine marketing services"

Furl acquired by Looksmart

Furl acquired by Looksmart 09/23/2004 07:20 AM
Furl acquired by LookSmart .

Ask Jeeves to be acquired for US$1.9
billion

Ask Jeeves to be acquired for US$1.9
billion 03/22/2005 03:15 PM
Once again, who really cares? With the heat coming in from Yahoo, MSN and Google, is Ask Jeeves even an issue any longer? Not for me people. I am am using either Google or Yahoo. Anyway, Ars is reporting that Ask Jeeves has been acquired by IAC/InterActiveCorp for almost 2 billion. Are they seeing something here that I am not?…

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LookSmart Has Acquired Grub Inc

LookSmart Has Acquired Grub Inc 03/15/2003 07:12 AM
A minor snippet in the LookSmart Annual Report: "...acquired substantially all of the assets of Grub, Inc., a developer of distributed computing software..."

3G Network Player Acquired

3G Network Player Acquired 06/29/2004 04:24 AM
3G Jun 29 2004 8:09AM GMT

Consolidation Comes to Euro SEO as
Notabene.net Is Acquired

Consolidation Comes to Euro SEO as
Notabene.net Is Acquired 03/14/2005 05:18 PM
"... becoming Scandinavia’s biggest player on the rapidly growing market. Notabene.net taken over by the successful Danish media house, Danmark Online A/S, with a view to carrying on Notabene.net as the common name and framework of its European objectives."

FlexLink AB Acquired by ABN AMRO Capital

FlexLink AB Acquired by ABN AMRO Capital 06/05/2005 11:53 PM
FlexLink AB, a global leader in factory automation systems for the fast moving consumer goods, pharmaceutical, automotive, electronics and telecom sectors, announces its acquisition by ABN AMRO Capital, one of Europe's leading private equity providers. [PRWEB May 6, 2005]

Wise Solutions was acquired by Altiris.
So what's new?

Wise Solutions was acquired by Altiris.
So what's new? 09/09/2004 04:13 PM

Austrian Wi-Fi Operator Acquired by
T-Mobile

Austrian Wi-Fi Operator Acquired by
T-Mobile 12/02/2003 12:34 AM
T-Mobile Austria is acquiring the 300-hot-spot strong Metronet.at (press release is in German): T-Mobile is continuing to expand its international presence through acquisition of Metronet. T-Mobile has partnered with Metronet on roaming since 2002. Metronet is the fourth-largest European WISP, according to their press release. "This deal is therefore bringing us a large step closer to the international objective of providing W-LAN around the entire globe," explains Dr. Georg Pölzl, Managing Director of T-Mobile Austria. T-Mobile Austria charges €7.95 per hour, €15.95 for three hours, or €24.95 for 24 hours. This is enormously higher than the same rates charged by T-Mobile USA. T-Mobile customers can pay via SMS at €1.99 per 15-minute unit, but the service is currently free to subscribers....

75% of Topix Acquired by Media Group

75% of Topix Acquired by Media Group 03/23/2005 01:26 PM
"...Topix.net announced today that Gannett Co., Inc, Knight-Ridder, Inc. and Tribune Company jointly have acquired a 75 percent stake in Topix.net. Ownership is split evenly, with each media company owning 25 percent and the Topix.net founders retaining a 25 percent stake. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed."

Spam, an Acquired Taste
(washingtonpost.com)

Spam, an Acquired Taste
(washingtonpost.com) 04/11/2005 03:29 PM
washingtonpost.com - Americans are learning how to digest spam.

QRS to be acquired by Inovis; JDA deal
terminated

QRS to be acquired by Inovis; JDA deal
terminated 09/03/2004 04:36 PM
SiliconValley.com Sep 3 2004 6:43PM GMT

FatCow Acquired by Web Host Endurance

FatCow Acquired by Web Host Endurance 04/04/2005 03:09 PM
Web Host Industry Review Apr 4 2005 6:45PM GMT

Reading Machines for the Blind and
Dyslexic...Acquired

Reading Machines for the Blind and
Dyslexic...Acquired 04/08/2005 10:11 AM
Kurzweil Educational Systems, which makes scan-to-speech systems for the blind and dyslexic, has been purchased by Cambium Learning, a company serving "at-risk" students. In 1976, Ray Kurzweil invented a system that would read a page out loud. At that point it cost $100,000 and was the size of a major kitchen appliance. Kurzweil Computer Products became Xerox Imaging Systems in 1980. In 1996, KES was officially launched on its own. In 1998 it was purchased by Lernout & Hauspie. When the founders of L&H were led away in manacles because they were despicable con artists who should rot in hell,...

Lineo / Embedix acquired by Motorola /
Metrowerks

Lineo / Embedix acquired by Motorola /
Metrowerks 12/17/2002 04:48 PM
Press release and Linux Devices coverage. Good news in the long-term, Lineo has been on the ropes for a while....

SunGard is Acquired for Over $11 Billion
by a Consortium of Firms

SunGard is Acquired for Over $11 Billion
by a Consortium of Firms 04/02/2005 06:33 PM
Wall Street and Technology Apr 2 2005 9:47PM GMT

Federal Network Integrator DigitalNet
Acquired For $600M

Federal Network Integrator DigitalNet
Acquired For $600M 09/13/2004 01:08 PM
Computer Reseller News Sep 13 2004 5:12PM GMT

All Headline News Corp. Announces That
it Has Acquired FeedSyndicate

All Headline News Corp. Announces That
it Has Acquired FeedSyndicate 03/25/2005 06:37 AM
Major news and aggregation service All Headline news and syndication provider acquired assets of FeedSyndicate. [PRWEB Mar 25, 2005]

Telecom company in Andover agrees to be
acquired by Motorola

Telecom company in Andover agrees to be
acquired by Motorola 04/09/2004 04:13 PM
Boston Globe Mar 31 2004 12:12PM GMT

The Radio Experience of Seattle Acquired
by Broadcast Electronics

The Radio Experience of Seattle Acquired
by Broadcast Electronics 02/01/2005 08:46 PM
Broadcast Electronics and The Radio Experience finalize a merger of datacasting technologies that will enhance broadcasters' HD Radio and RBDS text services. New products to support "now playing" song title and artist information datacast to text-enabled receivers. [PRWEB Jan 27, 2005]

NM wireless Internet provider acquired
by Nevada firm

NM wireless Internet provider acquired
by Nevada firm 12/29/2004 08:25 PM
bizjournals.com Dec 30 2004 12:02AM GMT

Reviving Acquired Startups Suffering
Inside Big Companies

Reviving Acquired Startups Suffering
Inside Big Companies 05/17/2004 03:04 AM
There are so many stories of big companies buying startups for lots of money, and then realizing they don't really have a need for the startup. In a few cases, the company's former management team will buy back the startup, but it's a fairly difficult move. There is even the occasional story where startups selling out to larger companies have been able to write in buyback terms - but it doesn't happen very often. However, realizing that this situation happens more often than people like to admit, a new VC fund has been formed to help buy former startups out of the larger companies that acquired them. Basically, these VCs have found an undervalued market. The current owners want out, while the startups are already (somewhat) proven with a known product and known market - which just isn't getting the attention it deserves or needs. Should be interesting to see what comes out of these once again startups.

New tech event launched, assets of CeBIT
acquired

New tech event launched, assets of CeBIT
acquired 09/21/2004 06:19 PM
EXPOweb Sep 21 2004 10:36PM GMT

Police raids target guns acquired online

Police raids target guns acquired online 06/30/2004 07:27 PM
Independent Jun 30 2004 10:38PM GMT

SCO Group announces it has acquired
copyright to the English language

SCO Group announces it has acquired
copyright to the English language 12/07/2003 07:08 AM
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Wireless equipment maker Telos
Technology acquired by UTStarcom for US
$29M

Wireless equipment maker Telos
Technology acquired by UTStarcom for US
$29M 04/24/2004 01:10 PM
Canadian Press Apr 24 2004 4:15PM GMT

Cisco Acquired DynamicSoft, Hoping To
Lead The VoIP Market

Cisco Acquired DynamicSoft, Hoping To
Lead The VoIP Market 09/15/2004 01:02 PM
Cisco Systems has moved to beef up its portfolio of VoIP offerings by acquiring Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) developer dynamicsoft for about $55 million.

The acquisition, Cisco said in an announcement Monday, will strengthen its position in wireless/wireline convergence by improving its ability to offer service providers improvements in next generation VoIP applications and services. Dynamicsoft's software products will be integrated with existing Cisco products like its SIP-based BTS 10200 Softswitch, Cisco said.

"Dynamicsoft's portfolio of carrier-class infrastructure products, combined with Cisco's softswitch capabilities, will allow service providers to quickly develop and deploy highly scalable 'subscriber-aware' IP communications services using voice, video, messaging, presence, and other real-time capabilities," said Cisco's Charles Giancarlo, senior vice president and chief technology officer, in the statement.

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Record of suspected terrorists acquired
under STAR plan computerised

Record of suspected terrorists acquired
under STAR plan computerised 07/12/2004 07:21 PM
PakTribune.com Jul 12 2004 11:05PM GMT

Kingsville Capital Acquired SembCorp's
Stake in Pacific Internet

Kingsville Capital Acquired SembCorp's
Stake in Pacific Internet 03/19/2005 03:16 AM
Biz.yahoo.com - Fri Mar 18, 12:24 pm GMT

Black Lotus Communications Corporation
has been Acquired by Net Sentry Corp,
LLC.

Black Lotus Communications Corporation
has been Acquired by Net Sentry Corp,
LLC. 06/26/2004 02:40 AM
Net Sentry Corp, LLC has acquired Black Lotus Communications Corp in a six-figure buyout which commenced on Tuesday, June 22nd. [PRWEB Jun 26, 2004]

First in Industry for 3G Mobile Terminal
RF/RRM Conformance Test Field, Anritsu
ME7873A and ME7874A Acquired T

First in Industry for 3G Mobile Terminal
RF/RRM Conformance Test Field, Anritsu
ME7873A and ME7874A Acquired T 03/19/2005 03:01 AM
Business Wire India via Hindustan Times Mar 19 2005 6:06AM GMT

Gulf International Bank Group as
Acquired US $ 3.65 Billion Aircraft
Finance Debt Portfolio

Gulf International Bank Group as
Acquired US $ 3.65 Billion Aircraft
Finance Debt Portfolio 12/19/2004 03:09 PM
Gulf International Bank Group as completed the acquisition of US $ 3.65 Billion aircraft finance debt portfolio from leading German and Swiss banks. [PRWEB Dec 17, 2004]
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Yahoo FareChase Gets You a Room

Yahoo FareChase Gets You a Room 04/04/2005 07:03 PM
Internet News Apr 4 2005 11:08PM GMT

Yahoo! Acquires FareChase Travel Engine

Yahoo! Acquires FareChase Travel Engine 08/08/2004 08:35 AM
"Yahoo has acquired FareChase, a travel search-engine vendor."

Yahoo! FareChase: Vertical Meta Travel

Yahoo! FareChase: Vertical Meta Travel 04/06/2005 12:10 AM
Search Engine Journal Apr 6 2005 3:40AM GMT

Yahoo to test FareChase travel search
service

Yahoo to test FareChase travel search
service 09/07/2004 08:11 PM
CNET News.com Sep 8 2004 0:32AM GMT

congrats: oddpost goes to yahoo

congrats: oddpost goes to yahoo 07/10/2004 01:10 AM
a great app and good people deserve the recognition and the dollars. well done.

Yahoo! Acquires Oddpost

Yahoo! Acquires Oddpost 07/12/2004 05:35 PM
ClickZ Today Jul 12 2004 9:28PM GMT

Why Yahoo! bought Oddpost

Why Yahoo! bought Oddpost 07/12/2004 12:38 PM
Adding a new twist to my mention of Oddpost in last Wednesday's item, More on rich clients, Yahoo! just bought the ...

Yahoo to Begin Testing FareChase Travel
Search (Reuters)

Yahoo to Begin Testing FareChase Travel
Search (Reuters) 09/07/2004 03:47 PM
Reuters - Internet media company Yahoo Inc. on Tuesday said it would soon begin testing a travel price comparison search engine called FareChase as it further integrates Web search services into its offerings.

Yahoo Acquires Web Startup Oddpost

Yahoo Acquires Web Startup Oddpost 07/13/2004 10:00 PM
AP via Los Angeles Times Jul 14 2004 2:36AM GMT

Yahoo! acquires Oddpost for webmail war

Yahoo! acquires Oddpost for webmail war 07/13/2004 03:15 AM
Silicon.com Jul 13 2004 7:51AM GMT

Yahoo Oddpost Link Roundup

Yahoo Oddpost Link Roundup 07/12/2004 08:58 PM
A few folks have asked me about this, and since they don't really tell us anything around here, I'll point you to some of the blog speculation, news, and whatnot. Not So Oddpost (Ross Mayfield) Yahoo has acquired Oddpost (Dave Winer) Why Yahoo buying ODDpost is so important (Marc Canter) Oddpost and Yahoo! (Evan Williams) Yahoo Buys Oddpost In A Gmail-Inspired Moment (Techdirt) Yahoo moves into new space (Red Herring Blog, with a title that makes one think we're moving...

Why Yahoo bought ODDpost - redux

Why Yahoo bought ODDpost - redux 07/12/2004 05:51 PM

Phil Wainwright groks it. He sees past the obvious GMail copycat syndrome to the real issues:

The fact that Yahoo! has bought a browser-based Outlook clone illustrates how big the threat really is to Microsoft's most lucrative products. These rich-client technologies significantly narrow the gap between browser-based applications and their desktop-based rivals. By simultaneously taking advantage of the unique advantages of being net-native — such as efficiencies of scale for information aggregation and analysis — they can combine a good-enough user experience with capabilities that simply aren't available (except at second-hand) within a traditional desktop environment. That opens the way towards Windows-based Outlook becoming an unloved, legacy application — and provides an opening for other good-enough alternatives to Word, Excel and Powerpoint to muscle their way in.

So Microsoft now faces a crucial decision. Does the company do likewise and bring out a rich-client interface for Hotmail so that its web-based email service begins to rival Gmail, Oddpost and, by implication, Outlook in functionality? Or does it continue to bury its head in the sand and put all its efforts into ensuring it delivers an all-new Windows architecture to a declining pool of desktop loyalists?

The battle is over end-user expereinecs folks. That's why small companies like Friendster and Technorati can come out of no where and develop huge followings. If what you provide rocks - they will come.

Having a hot UI front-end is key to that end-user customer satisfaction.

Yahoo Acquires Web Startup Oddpost (AP)

Yahoo Acquires Web Startup Oddpost (AP) 07/13/2004 05:06 PM
AP - Yahoo Inc. girded itself for Google Inc.'s e-mail invasion by acquiring Oddpost Inc., a startup that has gained a reputation for making it easier and more enticing to communicate on the Web.

Why Yahoo buying ODDpost is so important

Why Yahoo buying ODDpost is so important 07/10/2004 06:41 AM

Wow - OK we start off with some different opinions on this historic deal from (it's 3:30AM and I just gotta blog this NOW!):

Ev (Evan Eliiams of Blogger/Google)

Congrats to the Oddposters!

I always liked those guys (though we never got around to having lunch... damn, and
now, between their supermodel dates and rockstar parties, I doubt they'll return
my emails. I shoulda made friends with them when I had the chance... Then again, it's useful now that we're sworn enemies that we were never friends...)

Here's to the web world continuing to heat up with new and interesting things brought to more people!

Dave Winer......

A couple of weeks ago I got a heads-up that this deal had been consumated and would be announced shortly. Little did I imagine then that they would pick a Friday evening to make the announcement, but that's the way it goes. It's
a big one.

Oddpost turned the idea of what you could do with a browser upside down, by producing a clone of Microsoft Outlook in JavaScript and DHTML running in MSIE. Since then, they have labored in relative obscurity, growing a customer base, raising VC money, adding people, and staying out of the way. Then Google launches Gmail, with a
very Oddpostish interface, and someone at Yahoo says "Hmmm, I've seen that somewhere," calls up Ethan and Iain and their new VCs and asks "Are you for sale?" and the rest is history. Now Google has competition on elegance of user interface. Sorry the announcement comes at such an awkard time, everyone in the tech press must be getting in their cars and driving to the beach or the mountains. Congrats to the Oddpost guys, and their users and investors, and congrats to Google for getting some new worthwhile competition. Now who is Microsoft going to buy?

Techdirt... .

So, we actually heard about this a couple weeks ago, when someone (who knew) passed
on the fact that Yahoo had bought Oddpost in an attempt to fight back against the Gmail craze. Now, though, the deal is official, so it's okay to talk about it (though it had been hinte d at earlier this week). It's really not that surprising, after all. Yahoo knew
they needed to upgrade their email, and Oddpost has a great reputation for their
interface. You can be sure that Yahoo wasn't the only company sniffing around
and debating whether or not to buy up Oddpost. While it's probably not going to
be the lead in most stories, it is quite interesting that one of Oddpost's nicer
features is an integrated RSS reader. Yahoo keeps talking up the power of RSS,
and perhaps this will allow them to make a bigger commitment. However, in all
likelihood, it was just the mail interface that fascinated them. It seems like a
good move by Yahoo who needed to do something.

OK - here's where my opinion starts......

This story is much more than Yahoo buying ODDpost to compete with GMail. Sure - that's part of it - and I'm sure that's what Terry Semel et al have in thier heads, but it's this sort of viral infusion into Yahoo that was needed.

This is much bigger than the search engine battles or even Yahoo versus Google.

This is about RIAs (rich internet apps), integrated web services and open standards being fused with productivity software, micro-content and social networking and offered as hosted experiences.

Does this sound like anything familiar?

Yahoo has defined what portals have been - since day one - but their UI just plain sucked! Even the valiant attempts at providing "customization" features in MyYahoo - were tolerable at best.

Yahoo supports RSS and has over 120M active end-users. Yahoo is showing how portals and ISPs can work together by providing software bundled with services - to the masses.

But ODDpost makes it a whole new ball game.

Now Yahoo can step up to teh front on "end-user" experience. That holey grail that's been eluding them since day one. HTML was never desigend and will never fulfill the end-user quotient. The human factor.

The essence of compelling experiences.

HTML will also suck. But once you can truly integrate rich interactive experienecs in teh browser, and tie it into services and functionality - you got a winnign formula for digital lifestyle aggregation!

And once you have email, why stop there? Why not jukeboxes (like MySpace has) or photo blog objects (like Flickr) or Tribe Listings, Friends and Tribes appearing in blog gutters - as well?

Why stop there? Why not support an Open Listings standard and just completely screw Google completely?

Certainly let's hope that Yahoo will support FOAF.

Google is (or will) or (I sure hope they will.)

Yahoo Buys Email Startup Oddpost

Yahoo Buys Email Startup Oddpost 07/12/2004 09:11 AM
"Oddpost's $30-a-year e-mail service focuses on an e-mail interface with functionality that is similar to that of desktop applications such as Microsoft Outlook..."

Yahoo acquires Oddpost to bolster e-mail

Yahoo acquires Oddpost to bolster e-mail 07/12/2004 02:06 PM
Massive portal buys small vendor that sells low-priced Web mail accounts and news aggregation services.

Yahoo Buys Oddpost In A Gmail-Inspired
Moment

Yahoo Buys Oddpost In A Gmail-Inspired
Moment 07/09/2004 08:29 PM
So, we actually heard about this a couple weeks ago, when someone (who knew) passed on the fact that Yahoo had bought Oddpost in an attempt to fight back against the Gmail craze. Now, though, the deal is official, so it's okay to talk about it (though it had been hinte d at earlier this week). It's really not that surprising, after all. Yahoo knew they needed to upgrade their email, and Oddpost has a great reputation for their interface. You can be sure that Yahoo wasn't the only company sniffing around and debating whether or not to buy up Oddpost. While it's probably not going to be the lead in most stories, it is quite interesting that one of Oddpost's nicer features is an integrated RSS reader. Yahoo keeps talking up the power of RSS, and perhaps this will allow them to make a bigger commitment. However, in all likelihood, it was just the mail interface that fascinated them. It seems like a good move by Yahoo who needed to do something.

Yahoo buys Oddpost. Email wars begin

Yahoo buys Oddpost. Email wars begin 07/10/2004 06:48 AM

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Yahoo to buy Musicmatch

Yahoo to buy Musicmatch 09/14/2004 11:08 AM

Yahoo: Please fix MusicMatch!

Yahoo: Please fix MusicMatch! 09/15/2004 01:24 PM
Now that Yahoo has acquired MusicMatch, maybe they can fix the software.

I am a long-term user, I've paid several times for the product over the years, its basic interface works for me better than iTunes, and I'm used to it, I don't want to change. But: In trying to turn a good music client into a boffo music store, MusicMatch has repeatedly broken its software. Most recently, the thing crashes whenever I try to copy a CD to my hard drive. This same bug existed for months last winter, then MusicMatch finally fixed it -- now it has reappeared in the latest update. (The "volume leveling" feature, which would be highly useful if it worked, has also always crashed.)

Frankly, MusicMatch, I don't care about your store. I just want your software, once the best of its kind, to work.

Yahoo! snaps up Musicmatch

Yahoo! snaps up Musicmatch 09/14/2004 11:06 AM
$160m cash purchase to propel digital music market entry

Yahoo Acquires Musicmatch Inc.

Yahoo Acquires Musicmatch Inc. 09/14/2004 10:04 PM
Internet heavyweight Yahoo has just announced that it will be acquiring Musicmatch Inc. for $160 million in cash. Set to close in Q4 of this year, the deal will see Musicmatch Inc. become a direct subsidiary of the expanding California based company.

Plans include integrating Musicmatch' existing on-line radio network and music store into the popular "Yahoo Launch" service. Yahoo CEO Dennis Mudd commented that "...combining assets with Launch, we believe that Musicmatch will have an even stronger position to take advantage of the rapidly growing digital music segment."

Musicmatch currently sells around 1.5 million digital songs per month through its online music portal. Yahoo will undoubtedly make a push to bring that number up, trying to lure users away from competing portals like iTunes and Rhapsody.

News source: Bloomberg News

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Yahoo! Buys Musicmatch

Yahoo! Buys Musicmatch 09/14/2004 02:28 PM

Yahoo Matches With MusicMatch

Yahoo Matches With MusicMatch 09/14/2004 12:29 PM
Yahoo continues its buying streak, with the latest deal showing that Terry Semel hasn't forgotten his entertainment roots. The company is shelling out $160 million for MusicMatch, a popular player in the digital music space that hasn't done quite as well lately. For a while, MusicMatch was one of the most popular client applications on Windows machines for managing MP3 collections. More recently they offered a subscription service that won strong reviews. A few years ago, MusicMatch provided the only client side app on Windows machines that would work with the iPod, but once iTunes for Windows was written, Apple shoved MusicMatch aside, making them something of a has-been in the space. The deal with Yahoo is less about their client software than the number of subscribers they bring -- which basically doubles the number of subscribers to Yahoo's Launch music subscription service. Of course, given some of Yahoo's track record with acquisitions lately, they'll simply swallow this one up, rather than using it as a way to really jump ahead of the competition with a more advanced service.

Yahoo buys Musicmatch

Yahoo buys Musicmatch 09/14/2004 12:54 PM

Yahoo's could not do it on their own so they had to buy one of my most favored music vendors. I have always been a big fan of Musicmatch and now that Yahoo has just bought them out I am sure they will ruin it. I stopped using Yahoo and brands they own when they went to a pay model on listing your site with them. I wonder if my Lifetime upgrade of Musicmatch will be honored. [News.co m]

Yahoo! Tunes In to Musicmatch

Yahoo! Tunes In to Musicmatch 09/15/2004 11:29 AM
The portal giant rounds out its online music offerings and gets a backdoor to the desktop.

Yahoo! to Acquire MusicMatch

Yahoo! to Acquire MusicMatch 09/19/2004 04:01 AM
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